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Business
Phrases, Collocations
and Metaphors
Glossary with Practice and Answer Key
BUSINESS PHRASES, COLLOCATIONS
AND METAPHORS
Glossary with Practice and Answer Key
ELŻBIETA JENDRYCH
BUSINESS
Phrases, Collocations
and Metaphors
Glossary with Practice and Answer Key
Wydawnictwo C.H.Beck
Warszawa 2016
Business Phrases, Collocations and Metaphors
Glossary with Practice and Answer Key
ISBN 978-83-255-8385-9
ISBN e-book 978-83-255-8386-6
Spis treści
Unit 1
ECONOMICS ...................................................................................................................................................... 9
Glossary of high frequency phrases, collocations and metaphors ............................................................... 9
Practice Section 1........................................................................................................................................... 16
List of popular collocations ................................................................................................................................. 20
Practice Section 2........................................................................................................................................... 38
Glossary of standard metaphors.......................................................................................................................... 43
Practice Section 3........................................................................................................................................... 45
Unit 2
MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................................... 47
Glossary of high frequency phrases, collocations and metaphors................................................................ 47
Practice Section 1........................................................................................................................................... 56
List of popular collocations................................................................................................................................... 61
Practice Section 2........................................................................................................................................... 81
Glossary of standard metaphors.......................................................................................................................... 88
Practice Section 3........................................................................................................................................... 95
Unit 3
EMPLOYMENT ................................................................................................................................................. 98
PART 1. RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION ......................................................................................................... 98
Glossary of high frequency phrases, collocations and metaphors................................................................ 98
Practice Section 1........................................................................................................................................... 99
List of popular collocations................................................................................................................................... 101
Practice Section 2........................................................................................................................................... 102
Glossary of standard metaphors.......................................................................................................................... 103
Practice Section 3........................................................................................................................................... 104
PART 2. EMPLOYMENT ........................................................................................................................................ 104
Practice Section 1........................................................................................................................................... 112
List of popular collocations................................................................................................................................... 116
Practice Section 2........................................................................................................................................... 128
Glossary of standard metaphors.......................................................................................................................... 132
Practice Section 3........................................................................................................................................... 133
Unit 4
PROMOTION AND ADVERTISING ........................................................................................................ 135
Glossary of high frequency phrases, collocations and metaphors................................................................ 135
Practice Section 1........................................................................................................................................... 138
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Unit 5
TRADE ................................................................................................................................................................... 149
Glossary of high frequency phrases, collocations and metaphors................................................................ 149
Practice Section 1........................................................................................................................................... 156
List of popular collocations................................................................................................................................... 160
Practice Section 2........................................................................................................................................... 171
Glossary of standard metaphors.......................................................................................................................... 175
Practice Section 3........................................................................................................................................... 178
Unit 6
DISTRIBUTION, TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS ............................................................................ 180
Glossary of high frequency phrases, collocations and metaphors................................................................ 180
Practice Section 1........................................................................................................................................... 184
List of popular collocations................................................................................................................................... 186
Practice Section 2........................................................................................................................................... 190
Glossary of standard metaphors.......................................................................................................................... 193
Practice Section 3........................................................................................................................................... 194
Unit 7
FINANCE AND BANKING .......................................................................................................................... 195
PART 1. FINANCE .................................................................................................................................................. 195
Glossary of high frequency phrases, collocations and metaphors................................................................ 195
Practice Section 1........................................................................................................................................... 205
List of popular collocations................................................................................................................................... 209
Practice Section 2........................................................................................................................................... 226
Glossary of standard metaphors.......................................................................................................................... 230
Practice Section 3........................................................................................................................................... 235
PART 2. ACCOUNTING .......................................................................................................................................... 237
Glossary of high frequency phrases, collocations and metaphors................................................................ 237
Practice Section 1........................................................................................................................................... 242
List of popular collocations................................................................................................................................... 246
Practice Section 2........................................................................................................................................... 248
Glossary of standard metaphors.......................................................................................................................... 250
Practice Section 3........................................................................................................................................... 250
PART 3. BANKING ................................................................................................................................................. 251
Glossary of high frequency phrases, collocations and metaphors................................................................ 251
Practice Section 1........................................................................................................................................... 257
List of popular collocations................................................................................................................................... 260
Practice Section 2........................................................................................................................................... 267
Glossary of standard metaphors.......................................................................................................................... 269
Practice Section 3........................................................................................................................................... 270
PART 4. INSURANCE ............................................................................................................................................ 271
Glossary of high frequency phrases, collocations and metaphors................................................................ 271
Practice Section 1........................................................................................................................................... 273
List of popular collocations................................................................................................................................... 274
Practice Section 2........................................................................................................................................... 276
PART 5. TAXES ..................................................................................................................................................... 277
Glossary of high frequency phrases, collocations and metaphors................................................................ 277
Practice Section 1........................................................................................................................................... 279
List of popular collocations................................................................................................................................... 280
Practice Section 2........................................................................................................................................... 281
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Unit 8
PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS ............................................................................................................ 298
PART 1. PEOPLE .................................................................................................................................................... 298
Glossary of high frequency phrases, collocations and metaphors................................................................ 298
Practice Section 1........................................................................................................................................... 302
List of popular collocations................................................................................................................................... 305
Practice Section 2........................................................................................................................................... 314
Glossary of standard metaphors.......................................................................................................................... 317
Practice Section 3........................................................................................................................................... 320
PART 2. ORGANIZATIONS ................................................................................................................................... 322
Glossary of high frequency phrases, collocations and metaphors................................................................ 322
Practice Section 1........................................................................................................................................... 325
List of popular collocations................................................................................................................................... 328
Practice Section 2........................................................................................................................................... 336
Glossary of standard metaphors.......................................................................................................................... 339
Practice Section 3........................................................................................................................................... 341
Unit 9
LEGAL ISSUES ................................................................................................................................................. 342
Glossary of high frequency phrases, collocations and metaphors ............................................................... 342
Practice Section 1........................................................................................................................................... 346
List of popular collocations................................................................................................................................... 348
Practice Section 2........................................................................................................................................... 355
Glossary of standard metaphors.......................................................................................................................... 357
Practice Section 3........................................................................................................................................... 357
Practice Section 1
Task 1
Complete the expressions.
allocation of ....................
protect .................... producers
cross-.................... trade
the law of .................... and demand
consumption per ....................
centrally .................... economy
.................... market mechanism
.................... domestic product
extraction of .................... materials
maintain .................... growth
Task 2
Give the full terms for the following acronyms.
1. SEZ – ........................................................................................................................
2. GDP – ........................................................................................................................
3. CPI – ........................................................................................................................
4. FEZ – ........................................................................................................................
Unit 1 Economics 17
Task 3
Identify ten adjectives in the pool that may precede the word ‘competition’.
Task 4
Translate into English.
Task 5
Give the opposites to the following expressions.
Task 6
Identify the words in the pool that may precede the word ‘market’.
Task 7
Add the missing prepositions.
Task 8
Identify incorrect collocations.
Task 9
Identify the words that may precede the word ‘economy’.
1. sh.................... economy
2. th..................... economy
3. we................... economy
4. fr...................... economy
5. ai..................... economy
6. mi.................... economy
7. st..................... economy
Unit 1 Economics 19
Task 10
Identify the words in the pool that may precede the word ‘demand’.
Task 11
The expressions below do not represent correct collocations. Change the second
element in each pair to create correct collocations.
Task 12
Identify incorrect collocations.